Workers Survive Scaffold Failure

摘要

The day began like any other for Marcos Kasvicis, part owner of DMS Painting, Inc. for the past 12 years. Little did he know that before the day was over, his company's commitment to workplace safety would be put to the ultimate test. Two of Kasvicis' long-term employees, DavidTorres and Dennis Avilias, who had worked for the company six and three-and-a-half years, respectively, had been working all day on the side of a City of Galveston, Texas, water tower. Suddenly, one of the motors holding the suspension scaffolding they were standing on failed, and the left side dropped several feet. In an instant, both men might easily have plunged 40 to 45 feet to their deaths.